Metrological 3D documentation of the Holy Chalice of Valencia Cathedral: Quantitative geometry for cultural heritage research.

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dc.contributor.affiliationDepartamento de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales
dc.contributor.affiliationFacultad de Bellas Artes
dc.contributor.affiliationInstituto Universitario de Restauración del Patrimonio
dc.contributor.authorNiquet-Herrero, Nicolas D.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorKröner, Stephanes_ES
dc.contributor.authorValcarcel Andrés, Juan Cayetano
dc.contributor.authorMas-Barberà, Xavier
dc.contributor.funderUniversitat Politècnica de Valènciaes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-05T09:29:22Z
dc.date.available2026-06-05T09:29:22Z
dc.date.issued2026-06-02es_ES
dc.description.abstract[EN] This article presents a metrological case study of the Holy Chalice preserved in Valencia Cathedral, Spain, using high resolution 3D measurement to provide reliable geometric data for cultural heritage research. The Holy Chalice is a unique piece due to its symbolic nature and the properties of its materials. It combines a banded agate cup with variable translucency and a later gold mount with gemstones, pearls, and an agate base. This complex material configuration poses challenges for optical digitisation, particularly where reflective and translucent surfaces affect measurement stability. The main objective is to deliver reproducible information on size, morphology, and volume derived from a 3D model, supporting multidisciplinary analysis by archaeologists, restorers, gemmologists, and historians, with particular relevance for dating and comparative assessment. The intervention was conditioned by the emblematic character of the object and its delicate state of conservation. Data acquisition was carried out with a high performance portable laser scanner, MetraScan3D by Creaform, using an external triangulation module and a configuration suited to highly reflective surfaces. The resulting 3D model enabled quantitative analysis and the production of a physical replica, allowing examination without direct handling of the relic. The study shows that this non-invasive approach is effective for the digitisation and metrological analysis of delicate historical objects with unfavourable surface typologies.es_ES
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dc.description.bibliographicCitationNiquet-Herrero, ND.; Kröner, S.; Valcarcel Andrés, Juan Cayetano; Mas-Barberà, Xavier (2026). Metrological 3D documentation of the Holy Chalice of Valencia Cathedral: Quantitative geometry for cultural heritage research. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 80:197-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2026.05.016es_ES
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dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank all the people and institutions that made the development of this research work possible, especially the company Creaform for the loan of the MetraScan3D scanner, as well as Dr. Jorge Manuel Rodríguez Almenar, Dr. Manuel Zarzo Castelló for his reliable management and Dr. Ferran Arasa Gil for his commendable conversation about the relic. We also thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on earlier drafts, which helped improve and clarify the manuscript, and CRUE Universitat Politècnica de València for supporting the open access publication.es_ES
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dc.subjectMetrologyes_ES
dc.subject3D Scanes_ES
dc.subjectMetraScan3Des_ES
dc.subjectMetropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the assumptiones_ES
dc.subject3D modeles_ES
dc.subjectReproductiones_ES
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